machan
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of machan
C19: from Hindi
Example Sentences
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The animal looked enormous in the uncertain light and each thought the machan too low and wished himself in his house in the village.
From Bengal Dacoits and Tigers by Sunity Devee
The hours dragged along slowly; Shafto, doubled up in a cramped position on a machan, felt painfully stiff and was obliged to deny himself the comfort of a cigarette.
From The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma by B. M. (Bithia Mary) Croker
What chance have we against them up in a machan?
From The Sa'-Zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser
"And early in the evening I climbed into my machan and prepared for Mister Stripes."
From The Sa'-Zada Tales by William Alexander Fraser
The natives had built a bamboo platform, called machan, in a tree by the kill, and we stationed ourselves on this in the late afternoon.
From American Big Game in Its Haunts by Various
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